Paper-clip.



w. F. PEET.

PAPER CLIP.

APPLlCATwNHLED FEB. 6.191].

W urge F. P6 (4 Patented May 22, 1917.

WALTER F. PEET, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 EDWARD B. PEET, OF IEI-IILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

I PAPER-CLIP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER F. PEE'r, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Paper-Clips, (the same being a division of my application filed November 19, 1915, Serial No. 62,329,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that type of paper clip which consists of a wire bent to form an end member and crossed legs projecting therefrom, the object of my invention being to so construct such a clip that the same will have a firmer grip upon the papers than when as usually constructed.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a paper clip of the type to which my invention relates, showing my improvement embodied therein;

Fig. 2 is a side view of the clip;

Fig. 3 is an end view looking in the direction of the arrow Fig. 1, and

Fig. 1 is a section on the line H, Fig. 1, illustrating the action of the clip upon papers held thereby.

In the drawing, 1 represents the end member of the clip and 2 and 8, respectively, the

crossed legs extending diagonally in opposite directions from the opposite ends of said end member. The leg 2 is straight throughout but the leg 3 has formed in it at the pointwhere it crosses the leg 2 a crimp 5 which bridges said leg 2, those parts of the leg 3 above and below the crimp being in the same plane as the leg 2, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Patented May 22, 1917.

- Original application filed October 19, 1915, Serial No. 62,329. Dividedand this application fi1ed February 6,

' Serial No. 146,893. v

At the point where the crimp 5 merges into the upper and lower portions of the leg 3 shoulders 6 are formed and when papersw are placed between the-legs of the clip, as shown in Fig. 4, these shoulders press upon the papers on opposite sides of the leg 2 and thus serve to crimp the papers around said leg and prevent them from being readily withdrawn from between the legs.

I claim:

A paper clip consisting of an end member and legs projecting diagonally from opposite ends of the same toward, and at a pronounced angle to, each other and crossing between their ends, one of said legs being straight, the other leg having formed therein, where it crosses the straight leg, a crimp which embraces the latter, those portions of the crimped leg on opposite sides of the crimp lying in substantially the same plane as the straight leg, the straight leg acting as a guide to cause the clip to slide into engagement with the paper in a direction substantially in line with the direction of extension of said straight leg and to position i the common plane which they normally occupy. I

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

WALTER F. PEET.

Copies 0! this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.? 

